AltWeeklies Wire
Enduring Creepinessnew
The film wants to come from behind and surprise in a way that feels punishing, as though the audience being taught a bitter lesson. The result is creepy and unpleasant. There is hope, however bleak, at the end, but mostly there's a sense of unnecessary devastation.
Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
Well Trainednew
The runaway-train action stuff is fantastic. Where the movie falters is when it delivers platitudes about how the spirit of Christmas is in every one of us and Santa is the symbol of the spirit of giving, etc., etc.
Tags: Robert Zemeckis, The Polar Express
Redemption Thongnew
The witless inanity of this film is so numbing that the sole reason for any living creature to sit through it is to marvel at actress Salma Hayek's relentless succession of thongs, sarongs, diaphanous cocktail frocks, and all-but-nonexistent bathing suits.
Tags: Brett Ratner, After the Sunset
A Drama Queen Who Earns Her Titlenew
There are so few really great film roles written for middle-aged women that when one comes along and it stars the near-perfect Annette Bening, it’s disappointing that the rest of the movie does not equal her performance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-12-2004 |
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Tags: Being Julia, Istvan Szabo
Caught in the Big Muddynew
Cross-pollinate the arthouse film with B-movie backwoods gothic, and you get something like Undertow’s peculiar fusion of high and low culture.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-12-2004 |
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Tags: David Gordon Green, Undertow
Engine Troublenew
There’s Christmas magic in Zemeckis’ film, but there’s also a bizarre, palpable sense of unease that's due to the animation style, which despite its faithful replication of author Chris Van Allsburg’s painterly compositions, doesn’t translate all that successfully to the screen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
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Tags: Robert Zemeckis, The Polar Express
Blues Film Lights a Sparknew
Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
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Keeping Up With the Jones Sequelnew
Cast is excellent; movie is OK; men and women are soooo different.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-12-2004 |
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Caribbean Cruisingnew
After the Sunset is possibly the ideal film to more or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, 100-proof pap.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
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Tags: Brett Ratner, After the Sunset
Green Archersnew
To call Undertow a '70s-style revenge movie is accurate, but those unfamiliar with the director's style may wonder why it takes so long to get to the action.
Cleveland Scene |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-12-2004 |
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Freak Shownew
The Polar Express mixes animation and real human movement, resulting in stiff, unintentional fright.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-11-2004 |
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Really Supernew
The Incredibles keeps Pixar's incredible streak of wonderful films intact.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-11-2004 |
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Tags: Brad Bird, The Incredibles
The Da Vinci Clone
National Treasure delivers a familiar, appealing mix of historical mystery and dumb action.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-11-2004 |
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Tags: Jon Turtletaub, National Treasure
Hollywood Product: New Bridget Jones Not Better Than Originalnew
As the prat-falling, foul-mouthed Bridget, Zellweger hilariously embodies modern female insecurities, but Edge of Reason mostly proves stale and obvious.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-11-2004 |
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Superb Heroesnew
With spectacular animation and an energy certain to infect even the most jaded of moviegoers, “The Incredibles” is a postmodern take on superhero stories that offers plenty of laughs and fun for adults as well as kids.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
11-10-2004 |
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Tags: Brad Bird, The Incredibles
